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HistoryFeb 17, 2017 - 6:08 p.m.

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

2017-02-1718:08:18
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The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated to receive
various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-8970: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel did not
    verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket
    before an accept system call is processed, which allowed local users to
    cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)
    via a crafted application that did not supply a key, related to the
    lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c (bnc#1008374).
  • CVE-2017-5551: Clear S_ISGID on tmpfs when setting posix ACLs
    (bsc#1021258).
  • CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel
    preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allowed local
    users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid
    program with restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).
  • CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux kernel did not
    properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS
    option is set, which allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary
    kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by
    leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and
    drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an
    incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).
  • CVE-2004-0230: TCP, when using a large Window Size, made it easier for
    remote attackers to guess sequence numbers and cause a denial of service
    (connection loss) to persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting
    a TCP RST packet, especially in protocols that use long-lived
    connections, such as BGP (bnc#969340).
  • CVE-2016-8632: The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the
    Linux kernel did not validate the relationship between the minimum
    fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allowed local users
    to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer
    overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bnc#1008831).
  • CVE-2016-8399: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel
    networking subsystem could have enabled a local malicious application to
    execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel bnc#1014746).
  • CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the
    Linux kernel mishandled negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf,
    which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory
    corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
    by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt
    system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option
    (bnc#1013531).
  • CVE-2012-6704: The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the
    Linux kernel mishandled negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf,
    which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory
    corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
    by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt
    system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUF or (2) SO_RCVBUF option (bnc#1013542).
  • CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel did not
    properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in certain error cases, which
    allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack
    memory via a crafted application (bnc#1013038).
  • CVE-2016-3841: The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel mishandled options
    data, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of
    service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system
    call (bnc#992566).
  • CVE-2016-9685: Multiple memory leaks in error paths in
    fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause
    a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem
    operations (bnc#1012832).
  • CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel provided an
    incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that
    underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allowed
    local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a
    failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to
    remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program
    (bnc#914939).
  • CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function
    in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain
    privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system
    crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call (bnc#1010501).
  • CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in
    the Linux kernel lacked chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which
    allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds
    slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP
    data (bnc#1011685).
  • CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop
    function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation
    even if the corresponding start operation had failed (bnc#1010716).
  • CVE-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in
    block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain
    privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted
    ioprio_get system call (bnc#1010711).
  • CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in
    drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data
    structure (bnc#1010507).
  • CVE-2016-7916: Race condition in the environ_read function in
    fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain
    sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ
    file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable
    copying is incomplete (bnc#1010467).
  • CVE-2016-8646: The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the
    Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by
    attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that
    has received zero bytes of data (bnc#1010150).
  • CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux kernel in certain
    unusual hardware configurations allowed remote attackers to execute
    arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).
  • CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in security/keys/proc.c in
    the Linux, when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector is
    enabled, used an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which
    allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory
    corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).
  • CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in
    net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
    dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth
    RFCOMM socket (bnc#1003925).
  • CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg
    function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that
    is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).
  • CVE-2016-0823: The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the
    Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive physical-address
    information by reading a pagemap file (bnc#994759).
  • CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in
    drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict a
    certain length field, which allowed local users to gain privileges or
    cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an
    ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).
  • CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h in
    the Linux kernel did not properly maintain certain SACK state after a
    failed data copy, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service
    (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system crash) via a
    crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • Always include the git commit in KOTD builds. This allows us not to set
    it explicitly in builds submitted to the official distribution
    (bnc#821612, bnc#824171).
  • KVM: x86: SYSENTER emulation is broken (bsc#994618).
  • NFS: Do not disconnect open-owner on NFS4ERR_BAD_SEQID (bsc#989261).
  • NFS: Refresh open-owner id when server says SEQID is bad (bsc#989261).
  • NFSv4: Ensure that we do not drop a state owner more than once
    (bsc#979595).
  • NFSv4: add flock_owner to open context (bnc#998689).
  • NFSv4: change nfs4_do_setattr to take an open_context instead of a
    nfs4_state (bnc#998689).
  • NFSv4: change nfs4_select_rw_stateid to take a lock_context inplace of
    lock_owner (bnc#998689).
  • NFSv4: enhance nfs4_copy_lock_stateid to use a flock stateid if there is
    one (bnc#998689).
  • NFSv4: fix broken patch relating to v4 read delegations (bsc#956514,
    bsc#989261, bsc#979595).
  • SELinux: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in
    selinux_inode_permission() (bsc#1012895).
  • USB: fix typo in wMaxPacketSize validation (bsc#991665).
  • USB: validate wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint descriptors
    (bnc#991665).
  • Update patches.xen/xen3-auto-arch-x86.diff (bsc#929141, among others).
  • __ptrace_may_access() should not deny sub-threads (bsc#1012851).
  • apparmor: fix IRQ stack overflow during free_profile (bsc#1009875).
  • arch/powerpc: Remove duplicate/redundant Altivec entries (bsc#967716).
  • cdc-acm: added sanity checking for probe() (bsc#993891).
  • include/linux/math64.h: add div64_ul() (bsc#996329).
  • kabi-fix for flock_owner addition (bsc#998689).
  • kabi: get back scsi_device.current_cmnd (bsc#935436).
  • kaweth: fix firmware download (bsc#993890).
  • kaweth: fix oops upon failed memory allocation (bsc#993890).
  • kexec: add a kexec_crash_loaded() function (bsc#973691).
  • md linear: fix a race between linear_add() and linear_congested()
    (bsc#1018446).
  • mpi: Fix NULL ptr dereference in mpi_powm() [ver #3] (bsc#1011820).
  • mpt3sas: Fix panic when aer correct error occurred (bsc#997708,
    bsc#999943).
  • mremap: enforce rmap src/dst vma ordering in case of vma_merge()
    succeeding in copy_vma() (VM Functionality, bsc#1008645).
  • nfs4: reset states to use open_stateid when returning delegation
    voluntarily (bsc#1007944).
  • ocfs2: fix BUG_ON() in ocfs2_ci_checkpointed() (bnc#1019783).
  • posix-timers: Remove remaining uses of tasklist_lock (bnc#997401).
  • posix-timers: Use sighand lock instead of tasklist_lock for task clock
    sample (bnc#997401).
  • posix-timers: Use sighand lock instead of tasklist_lock on timer
    deletion (bnc#997401).
  • powerpc: Add ability to build little endian kernels (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Avoid load of static chain register when calling nested
    functions through a pointer on 64bit (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Do not build assembly files with ABIv2 (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Do not use ELFv2 ABI to build the kernel (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Fix 64 bit builds with binutils 2.24 (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Fix error when cross building TAGS and cscope (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Make the vdso32 also build big-endian (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Remove altivec fix for gcc versions before 4.0 (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Remove buggy 9-year-old test for binutils lower than 2.12.1
    (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: Require gcc 4.0 on 64-bit (bsc#967716).
  • powerpc: dtc is required to build dtb files (bsc#967716).
  • printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward
    (bsc#1013042, bsc#996541, bsc#1015878).
  • qlcnic: Schedule napi directly in netpoll (bsc#966826).
  • reiserfs: fix race in prealloc discard (bsc#987576).
  • rpm/config.sh: Set a fitting release string (bsc#997059)
  • rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Export a make-stderr.log file (bsc#1012422)
  • rpm/mkspec: Read a default release string from rpm/config.sh (bsc997059)
  • s390/dasd: fix failfast for disconnected devices (bnc#961923,
    LTC#135138).
  • sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task
    (bnc#1002165).
  • sched/core: Fix an SMP ordering race in try_to_wake_up() vs. schedule()
    (bnc#1001419).
  • sched: Fix possible divide by zero in avg_atom() calculation
    (bsc#996329).
  • scsi: lpfc: Set elsiocb contexts to NULL after freeing it (bsc#996557).
  • scsi: remove current_cmnd field from struct scsi_device (bsc#935436).
  • x86/MCE/intel: Cleanup CMCI storm logic (bsc#929141).
  • xfs: remove the deprecated nodelaylog option (bsc#992906).

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